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Living Photos Use Bacteria as Pixels

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the your-pictures-growing-old-with-you dept.

BrainBlogger writes "Scientists at UC San Francisco have engineered bacteria to create living photographs that weigh in at 100 megapixels per square inch. The photos were created by projecting light on "biological film" -- billions of genetically engineered E. coli growing in dishes of agar."

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  1. flying speghetti monster? by GoatPigSheep · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    How am I supposed to believe this is real if there is a pic of the flying speghetti monster in the corner (FSM). Looks like slashdot got duped by a joke article again...

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